{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1977)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Navdeep Bains | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|PC|FCPA|size=100%}} | image = Navdeep Bains3 (cropped)2.jpg | office1 = Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry<br>Registrar General of Canada | prime_minister1 = Justin Trudeau | term_start1 = November 4, 2015 | term_end1 = January 12, 2021 | predecessor1 = James Moore | successor1 = François-Philipe Champagne | predecessor2 = ''Constituency established'' | successor2 = Iqwinder Gaheer | riding2 = Mississauga—Malton | parliament2 = Canadian | term_start2 = October 19, 2015 | term_end2 = September 20, 2021 | riding3 = Mississauga—Brampton South | parliament3 = Canadian | term_start3 = June 28, 2004 | term_end3 = May 2, 2011 | predecessor3 = ''Constituency established'' | successor3 = Eve Adams | office4 = Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada | term_start4 = October 7, 2005 | term_end4 = November 29, 2005 | prime_minister4 = Paul Martin | predecessor4 = Paul DeVillers | successor4 = Jason Kenney | birth_name = Navdeep Singh Bains | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|06|16}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | education = Turner Fenton Secondary School | alma_mater = York University (BMS)<br>University of Windsor (MBA) | death_date = | death_place = | website = {{URL|www.navdeepbains.ca}} | children = 2 | party = Liberal (federal)<br>Ontario Liberal (provincial) | spouse = Brahamjot Bains | profession = Accountant, politician, business executive, academic, financial analyst and investment banker | footnotes = }}
'''Navdeep Singh Bains''' (born June 16, 1977) is a Canadian politician and business executive who was the minister of innovation, science and industry from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Bains was the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Brampton South from 2004 to 2011, and MP for Mississauga—Malton from 2015 to 2021. He was Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2005 and appointed to Cabinet by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015. After leaving federal politics in 2021, Bains joined CIBC in September 2021 and then Rogers Communications in May 2023. He is a candidate in the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.<ref name="BainsIn">{{cite news |last1=Benzie |first1=Robert |last2=Ferguson |first2=Rob |title=Navdeep Bains enters Ontario Liberal leadership race as Nate Erskine-Smith loses appeal |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/navdeep-bains-enters-ontario-liberal-leadership-race-as-nate-erskine-smith-loses-appeal/article_efed17c1-1663-4746-b1fb-94f8176f98af.html |access-date=25 May 2026 |work=Toronto Star |date=25 May 2026}}</ref>
==Early life, education and early career== Bains was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 16, 1977,<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile">{{Cite web |title=BAINS, The Hon. Navdeep Singh, P.C., B.A., M.B.A., C.M.A. |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8908cde5-7474-4d2a-8c50-d05da5ee0712&Language=E&Section=ALL |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006193524/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8908cde5-7474-4d2a-8c50-d05da5ee0712&Language=E&Section=ALL |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=Library of Parliament}}</ref> to Jat Sikh parents, Harminder and Balwinder Bains.<ref name="GM 2006 convention">{{Cite web |last=Taber |first=Jane |date=December 1, 2006 |title=Family blocs offer convention support |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/family-blocs-offer-convention-support/article18178919/ |access-date=November 5, 2015 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> His family has origins from 2 Villages Lehli Kalan & Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab. but his grandfather later moved to Village Chak no 12PS, Tehsil Raisinghnagar, district Sri Ganganagar and later they immigrated to Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=5 from Hoshiarpur re-elected |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/punjab/5-from-hoshiarpur-re-elected-850811/ |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
Bains graduated from Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton,<ref name="Brampton Guardian Cabinet" /> while it was known as J. A. Turner Secondary School and Turner Fenton Campus.<ref>Yearbooks for 1992, 1993 and 1994.</ref> After completing high school, Bains attended York University, where he received his Bachelor of Management Studies.<ref name="Ryerson profile">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2013 |title=Navdeep Bains, former MP, joins Ryerson as distinguished visiting professor |url=http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/data/news/2013/01/navdeep_bains.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019040642/http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersontoday/data/news/2013/01/navdeep_bains.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=Ryerson Today}}</ref> He then went on to finish his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Windsor.<ref name="Ryerson profile" /> He received his Certified Management Accountant designation, subsequently becoming a Chartered Professional Accountant in 2014.<ref name="Library of Parliament Profile" /> In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious FCPA designation by CPA Ontario for his "outstanding achievements including community leadership".<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Fellows |url=https://www.cpaontario.ca/cpa-members/community/fellows/2016-fellows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014185141/https://www.cpaontario.ca/cpa-members/community/fellows/2016-fellows |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |access-date=October 14, 2017 |website=cpaontario.ca}}</ref>
Before joining electoral politics, Bains worked as a financial processing analyst at Nike Canada from 2000 to 2001.<ref name="2008 CBC election profile">{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2008 |title=Mississauga — Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/canadavotes/riding/154/candidate.html |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> He also worked for the Ford Motor Company as a revenue and costing analyst from 2000 until 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Geoffrey |date=November 4, 2015 |title=What happened to Industry Canada? Trudeau elevates scientific research in new cabinet role |work=Financial Post |url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/what-happened-to-industry-canada-trudeau-elevates-scientific-research-in-new-cabinet-role |access-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>
==Political career== ===Federal politics (2004–2021)=== ====In government==== In his first election in 2004, Bains won the Liberal nomination for the riding of Mississauga—Brampton South, and won the seat with over 57% of the total vote; beating his next nearest opponent by over 33%, or over 14,000 votes.<ref name="CBC 2004 result">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2004 |title=154 Mississauga-Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/154/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420202354/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/154/ |archive-date=April 20, 2010 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> At that time, Bains was 26 years old and the youngest Liberal MP in Parliament.<ref name="GTA MPs 2015 Cabinet">{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2015 |title=GTA MPs form strong presence in Trudeau cabinet |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/gta-mps-form-strong-presence-in-trudeau-cabinet/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=CTV News}}</ref>
On October 7, 2005, when he became parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, which at the time was Paul Martin. <ref name="Liberal readiness" /> As parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, Bains was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council.<ref name="Liberal readiness" />
====In opposition==== In 2006, Bains was re-elected in his riding with just under 54% of the vote.<ref name="CBC 2006 result">{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2006 |title=154 Mississauga-Brampton South |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/riding/154/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>
Also in 2006, Bains co-chaired the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario)'s annual general meeting Toronto.<ref name="2006 LPC(O)">{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2007 |title=Navdeep Bains Appointed to Liberal's National Campaign Team |url=http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161503/http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/1501/1/Navdeep-Bains-Appointed-to-Liberals-National-Campaign-Team/Page1.html |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=The Brampton News}}</ref>
During the 2006 Liberal leadership convention to replace Paul Martin, Bains threw his support behind Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy, and after Kennedy dropped out before the third ballot, he joined Kennedy in supporting the eventual winner and new party leader, Stéphane Dion.<ref name="Leadership conventions">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=May 2, 2009 |title=Navdeep Bains on the new way Liberals will choose their leaders |url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |url-status=live |magazine=Maclean's |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161514/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/navdeep-bains-on-the-new-way-liberals-will-choose-their-leaders/ |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>
In the 39th Parliament, Bains held Official Opposition critic portfolios for Public Works and Government Services, the Treasury Board and International Trade, respectively.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /> Bains was also member of the Liberal Caucus Committees for Planning and Priorities, Canada and the World and Economic Prosperity.<ref name="Liberal readiness">{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2009 |title=How ready are the Liberals? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-ready-are-the-liberals/article4211013/?service=print |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> In January 2007, he was appointed to the National Election Readiness Committee as a Caucus Representative and in March 2007 served as the Youth Liaison to the Young Liberals of Canada.<ref name="Liberal readiness" />
In January 2009, he was selected by Michael Ignatieff along with Steve MacKinnon to serve as Co-Chairs of the Special Committee on Party Renewal and tasked with heading a consultation process with the party membership on how to strengthen the party.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /><ref name="Iggy cornoation">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=April 13, 2009 |title=Iggy's coronation |url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/iggys-coronation/ |magazine=Maclean's |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> In March 2009, Bains was appointed Chair of Platform Development and oversaw the creation of the party's next electoral platform.<ref name="Liberal readiness" /> As part of his recommendations for party renewal, delegates at the 2009 Liberal leadership election voted to ensure that all future leadership elections would be under a "weighted one member, one vote" system, where each riding has 100 points that are distributed to leadership candidates based on the percentage of votes from party members in that riding.<ref name="Leadership conventions" /> [[File:The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh in a group photo with the Members of ParliamentMembers of Legislative Assembly of Canada, in Toronto on June 28, 2010.jpg|thumb|Bains with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Toronto on June 28, 2010]]In January 2011, Bains claimed that the Bloc Québécois was using "the politics of fear" and argued against their attempt to ban the ceremonial Sikh kirpan from the parliamentary buildings after an incident in which the Quebec National Assembly denied entry to a group of four kirpan-wearing Sikhs.<ref name="Kirpan">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2011 |title=Ban kirpan from Parliament: Bloc |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ban-kirpan-from-parliament-bloc-1.1034183 |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=CBC News }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perreaux |first=Les |date=January 19, 2011 |title=Bloc to seek parliamentary ban on the kirpan |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bloc-to-seek-parliamentary-ban-on-the-kirpan/article562607/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
====Out of Parliament==== In the 2011 federal election, Eve Adams, a former Mississauga City Councillor, beat Bains by over 5,000 votes.<ref name="Eve Adams">{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Laura |date=February 10, 2015 |title=Eve Adams' former rival welcomes her to the Liberals |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1822112/eve-adams-former-rival-welcomes-her-to-the-liberals/ |access-date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Global News}}</ref> Bains was the Ontario co-chair for the federal Liberal campaign, and was returned to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election in the new riding of Mississauga—Malton.<ref name="2015 re-elected">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=October 19, 2015 |title=Liberal Navdeep Bains wins Mississauga-Malton |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/19/liberal-navdeep-bains-wins-mississauga-malton.html |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name="co-chair">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Why everyone loves Brampton |url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/why-everyone-loves-brampton/ |magazine=Maclean's |access-date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>
====Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry==== [[File:Secretary Kelly Visits Ottawa (33445755645).jpg|thumb|Bains meeting with John F. Kelly, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, in March 2017]] On November 4, 2015, he was appointed the minister of innovation, science and economic development in Justin Trudeau's Cabinet.<ref name="CbCTrudeauCabinet2015-11-04">{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2015 |title=Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet 31-member cabinet includes 15 women, attempt at regional balance |publisher=CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |url-status=live |access-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403163026/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref> The next day, Bains announced that the mandatory long form census would be restored for 2016, after it was removed from the 2011 edition under the Harper government.<ref name="Long form census restored">{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2015 |title=Liberals to restore mandatory long-form census |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-liberal-census-data-1.3305271 |access-date=November 5, 2015 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Under Bains’ leadership, the 2016 Census response rate exceeded 98 percent, making it the most successful Census since 1666.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2016 |title=Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666' |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/best-census-ever-stats-can-1.3739857 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026062709/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/best-census-ever-stats-can-1.3739857 |archive-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>
A major focus of Bains’ mandate is to spur innovation and economic development in Canada. Following public consultations across Canada in the summer of 2016, he launched the Inclusive Innovation Agenda. Based on the consultations, the Bains identified three priority areas for Canada's Innovation Agenda: finding better ways for more Canadians to get the skills the global economy demands (People), harnessing emerging tech that would create industries and jobs that never existed before as well as reinvigorate existing ones (Technology), and encouraging more Canadians to start and grow companies that are competitive in the global economy (Companies).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niedoba |first=Sarah |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Canadian Business |url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/navdeep-bains-interview/}}</ref>
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau at the delegation level talks, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on February 23, 2018.jpg|thumb|Bains and other members of Trudeau's cabinet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2018]] Bains worked closely with the Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which advised the minister of finance on economic policies to achieve long-term sustainable growth. The council called for a gradual increase in permanent immigration to Canada to 450,000 people a year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Influential Liberal advisers want Canadian population to triple by 2100 |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3020783/influential-liberal-advisers-want-canadian-population-to-triple-by-2100/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927193435/https://globalnews.ca/news/3020783/influential-liberal-advisers-want-canadian-population-to-triple-by-2100/ |archive-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 17, 2016 |title=Fortier, Ragan part of Advisory Council on Economic Growth |work=McGill Reporter |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/fortier-ragan-part-of-federal-advisory-council-on-economic-growth/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815200736/https://reporter.mcgill.ca/fortier-ragan-part-of-federal-advisory-council-on-economic-growth/ |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>
In 2019, Minister Bains announced Canada's Digital Charter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hemmadi |first=Murad |date=2019-05-22 |title=Breaking down Ottawa’s new digital charter |url=https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/breaking-down-ottawas-new-digital-charter/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=The Logic |language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2020, amidst a review of an August 2019 decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to reduce capacity rates by up to 43% and access rates up to 77%, Bains released a statement saying that the government shared the fears of Canada's big telecommunication corporations that it went too far and would disincentivize investment in communication networks, especially less Partytable rural and remote areas. However, the statement also said that the government would not formally intervene in the ongoing review.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paddon |first=David |date=August 15, 2020 |title=Minister says CRTC may have erred with wholesale rate decision |work=CTV News |agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/minister-says-crtc-may-have-erred-with-wholesale-rate-decision/ |access-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>
==== Retirement from federal politics ==== On January 20, 2021, Bains announced he was stepping down from his position and would not run in the 2021 Canadian federal election for family reasons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bains |first=Navdeep |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Trudeau shuffles cabinet as Navdeep Bains retires from politics: 'It’s time for me to focus on ... being a dad' |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-to-announce-cabinet-changes |website=National Post}}</ref> He was replaced by Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne.<ref name=":1" /> Ramesh Sangha, the MP for Brampton Centre accused Bains and fellow Liberal cabinet minister, Harjit Sajjan for supporting Khalistani extremistism.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2021-01-25 |title=MP Ramesh Sangha expelled from caucus after baseless accusations against fellow Liberals |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mp-ramesh-sangha-expelled-from-caucus-after-baseless-accusations/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref> Sangha also believed that Bains resigned because he harbored those views. The Liberal Party removed Sangha because they found the allegations to be baseless.<ref name=":2" />
=== Provincial politics (2026–present) === Bains declined to run in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election to succeed Steven Del Duca.<ref name="MRCStar0909">{{cite news |last1=Regg Cohn |first1=Martin |date=9 September 2022 |title=Ontario Liberals need to remake their image. Is a fresh federal transplant the fix? |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/09/09/ontario-liberals-need-to-remake-their-image-is-a-fresh-federal-transplant-the-fix.html |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Benzie|first1=Robert|title=Navdeep Bains will not run for the Ontario Liberal leadership|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/03/30/navdeep-bains-will-not-run-for-the-ontario-liberal-leadership.html|access-date=April 5, 2023 |work=Toronto Star|date=March 30, 2023}}</ref> On May 25, 2026, Bains launched his campaign in the party's 2026 leadership election to replace Bonnie Crombie.<ref name=":0" /> If elected, he will become the first visible minority to head a major political party in Ontario history.
==Outside politics== Bains also entered academia and became an adjunct lecturer in a Master of Public Service program at the University of Waterloo and a distinguished visiting professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, starting in 2013 for a one-year term.<ref name="Ryerson profile" /> His teaching contract at Ryerson was extended, and he was still a professor at the time of his re-election in 2015.<ref name="2015 re-elected" />
After leaving federal politics, Bains joined CIBC as Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking in September 2021. He left the position in May 2023 and joined Rogers Communications as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rogers names former Liberal minister to executive role, raising influence concerns - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9643073/navdeep-bains-liberals-rogers/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> At Rogers, he reportedly worked on getting the merger between the company and Shaw Communications approved.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Navdeep Bains leaving Rogers Communications, memo says |publisher=The Globe and Mail |work=The Globe and Mail |date= |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-navdeep-bains-leaving-rogers-communications-memo-says/ |access-date=2026-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Navdeep Bains assembling Team Ontario: Liberal take on Doug Ford |publisher=Toronto Sun |work=Toronto Sun |date= |url=https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/navdeep-bains-assembling-team-ontario-liberal-take-on-doug-ford |access-date=2026-04-17}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bains currently resides in Peel Region with his wife, Brahamjot, with whom he has two daughters<ref name="GM 2006 convention" /><ref name="Brampton Guardian Cabinet">{{Cite news |last=Rosella |first=Louie |date=November 4, 2015 |title=Mississauga-Malton MP Navdeep Bains named to Trudeau's cabinet |work=Brampton Guardian |url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/6080568-mississauga-malton-mp-navdeep-bains-named-to-trudeau-s-cabinet/ |access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Daughteers">{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2010 |title=New Baby for MP Bains |work=Brampton Guardian |url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/3077971-new-baby-for-mp-bains/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161445/https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/3077971-new-baby-for-mp-bains/ |archive-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
In 2017, he was forced to remove his Turban at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, before boarding a flight back to Canada. Bains, who has a Sikh background, wears a turban for religious reasons. After being told to remove his turban, Canada complained to the U.S. government, and Bains received an apology.<ref>{{cite news |title="Frustrated" Canadian minister asked to take off turban at Detroit airport |publisher=CBS News |work=CBS News |date=2018-05-11 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-cabinet-minister-navdeep-bains-turban-detroit-airport/ |access-date=2026-05-13}}</ref>
== Recognition == Because of his position in the Party and the roles he has been given, Bains was seen as a rising star, and had been selected three years in a row in the Hill Times survey as the best up and comer from 2004 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hill Times, December 18, 2006 |url=http://www.thehilltimes.ca/members/login.php?fail=2&destination=/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/december/18/ap_poll2/}}</ref> ''The Hill Times'' featured Bains on the cover of their ''Power & Influence'' magazine in 2017. Dubbed the ‘Minister of Everything’ in the article, he was ranked 4th most influential.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 8, 2017|title=The Top 100: Navdeep Bains, the 'minister of everything'|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2017/02/08/top-100-navdeep-bains-minister-everything/95473|access-date=February 22, 2017|website=The Hill Times}}</ref> He is a recipient of Startup Canada's Policy Prize (2017). In 2017, Bains was listed in ''The Globe and Mail''<nowiki/>'s The Power 50.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The 50 most powerful people in Canadian business|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-power-50-most-influential-canadian-business/article34804742/|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> He is featured as the second influencer on the 2018 Bay Street Bull Power 50 list,<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 13, 2018|title=The 2018 Bay Street Bull Power 50 - Bay Street Bull|language=en-US|work=Bay Street Bull|url=http://www.baystbull.com/the-2018-bay-street-bull-power-50/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625214938/https://www.baystbull.com/the-2018-bay-street-bull-power-50/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 25, 2019|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref> and Apolitical listed him among the World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government.<ref>{{Cite news|title=World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government|language=en-US|work=Apolitical|url=https://apolitical.co/lists/digital-government-world100/|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Mississauga—Malton}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Navdeep Bains|26,165|59.12|+22.33|$103,144.90}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative <!-- DO NOT CHANGE: Per Elections Canada, Grewal is on the ballot as Conservative -->|Jagdish Grewal<ref>The Conservative Party dropped Grewal after an editorial he wrote was criticized. His name will still appear on the ballot. {{Cite web |last=Ditchburn |first=Jennifer |date=October 6, 2015 |title=Tories dump candidate who touts therapies to turn gay youth straight |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-conservative-candidate-jagdish-grewal-gay-youth-1.3259324 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>|11,701|26.44|-11.00|$126,893.52}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Dianne Douglas|5,450|12.31|-11.12|$5,226.05}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Heather Mercer|737|1.67|-0.37|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|Naresh Tharani|210|0.46|–|$8,153.79}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|44,256|100.00| |$207,082.35}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|237|0.53|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|44,493|59.76|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|74,448}} {{CANelec/notgain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+16.67}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district |url=https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/FindED?L=e&QID=-1&PAGEID=20 |website=elections.ca |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Eve Adams|23,632|44.72}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Navdeep Bains|18,579|35.16}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jim Glavan|9,465|17.91}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Benjamin Stone|1,044|1.98}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Tim Sullivan|127|0.24}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|52,847|100.00}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|351 |0.66}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 53,198| 57.27}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|92,890 |–|}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Navdeep Bains|21,220|47.69| -6.25 | $ 65,107.35 }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Salma Ataullahjan|14,664|32.96| +2.21 | 51,467.58 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Karan Pandher|5,268|11.84| +0.96 | 5,832.24 }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Grace Yogaretnam|2,947|6.62| +2.82 | 5,666.20 }} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Tim Sullivan|395|0.89| +0.26 | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|44,494| 100.00| -12.31 | $ 91,776.94 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|343| 0.76 | +0.15 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|44,837| 49.39 | -10.62 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|90,777| | +6.71 }} {{End}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Navdeep Bains|27,370|53.94| -3.22 | $ 80,611.34 }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Arnjeet Sangha|15,605|30.75| +6.66 | 58,602.08 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Nirvan Balkisoon|5,521|10.88| -3.92 | 9,470.07 }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Grace Yogaretnam|1,927| 3.80| +0.28 | 7,606.18 }} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Tim Sullivan|319|0.63| +0.20 | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|50,742|100.00 | +17.17 | $ 82,924.57 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|310| 0.61 | -0.13 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|51,052| 60.01 | +6.17 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|85,068| | +4.97 }} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Navdeep Bains|24,753|57.16 | $ 70,830.08 }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Parvinder Sandhu|10,433|24.09 | 64,050.50 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Larry Taylor|6,411|14.80 | 14,516.24 }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Paul Simas|1,525|3.52 | }} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|David Gershuny|185|0.43 | 23.48 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 43,307|100.00 | $ 78,421.35 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|321| 0.74}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|43,628| 53.84}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|81,037| }} {{end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.navdeepbains.ca Official website] *[https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-navdeep-bains Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031092449/https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-navdeep-bains |date=October 31, 2020 }} *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14061}}
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